Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
It's up to a famous rapper, a marine biologist, and a rogue soldier to handle humanity's first contact with an alien ambassador - and prevent mass extinction - in this masterful novel that blends magical realism with high-stakes actionPraise for Who Fears Death:
'A fantastical, magical blend of grand storytelling'
Beautifully written, this is dystopian fantasy at its very best, * Library Journal Review *
Both wondrously magical and terribly realistic* Washington Post *
Nnedi Okorafor is the author of numerous novels and short stories, including Zahrah the Windseeker, which won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature, Who Fears Death, winner of the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel,and Lagoon, which Ngugi wa Thiong'o, author of Wizard of the Crow, calls 'a thing of magic and beauty.'
She lives in New York, where she is a professor of creative writing at the University of Buffalo, SUNY.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781444762761 |
| ISBN 10 | 1444762761 |
| Title | Lagoon |
| Author | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2015-12-28 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for The Kitschies Red Tentacle 2015 (UK) |
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